tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post2626011702195667773..comments2016-12-05T14:40:10.997-08:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Harris: "LINCOLN AND THE BORDER STATES: Preserving the Union"DW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-8573592028581396012012-02-01T21:58:11.179-08:002012-02-01T21:58:11.179-08:00I was totally dumbfounded by his exclusion of West...I was totally dumbfounded by his exclusion of West Virginia from the book, just as I was by West Virginia&#39;s exclusion from &quot;Contested Borderland: The Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia&quot; by Brian McKnight. Many of those Confederate Virginians were &quot;west&quot; Virginians, which is why Gov. Pierpont wanted Lincoln to create a special military dept. for the West Bobhttp://sites.google.com/site/wvotherhistory/homenoreply@blogger.com